suzanne2025 's review for:

Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon
3.0
Rounding up from 2.5 stars. I dunno, I tend to enjoy a slow book with lots of detail and side stories and Gabaldon is a very descriptive writer, I've got such clear pictures in my head of the Frasers' house, etc. And I liked that this one was less violent (except for the bear chapter, WTF, that was unnecessary) and not rape-y at all; I almost didn't read this installment for fear it would be another book full of sexual assault. I like Claire and Brianna and Ian and Rachel quite a bit, and there were some really interesting new characters (Emily, Elspeth). But as many other reviewers have mentioned....what actually happened? For 900 pages, there was almost no real plot and no new stories. I don't feel like the story progressed much. I enjoyed it while I was reading it, was a standing member of the Bad Decisions Book Club way too many nights in a row, and....it's been like three days since I finished it and I can't remember much of what happened? Also there was WAY too much religion in this book for my tastes. I really didn't like the
Spoiler Brianna's pregnancy side plot. Earlier in the book she's very clear she doesn't want to get pregnant due to the risks and that is totally brushed off once it happened. And we skip the entire pregnancy pretty much in any case. I'm pretty sure it's just a device to keep Brianna, Roger, et al, stuck in the 1700s at the end of the series because the baby won't be able to go through the stones. Why not just have them like their lives there and chose to stay?
. I'm glad I waited to check this out of the library as I doubt I'll re-read even if it takes 10 years for the next installment.